Analysis Of The Accusation By Bandi

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Endeavours of a Firefly Pandemonium - (n) wild and noisy disorder or confusion. The Accusation by Bandi is a fascinating fiction book, first published in March 2017. The Accusation includes many stories depicting the unfortunate lives of varying North Koreans, which fuels Bandi’s main theme of depicting what the culture within a modern day dictatorship is really like. In one of the many heart-wrenching stories by Bandi “Pandemonium,” you get to learn of a tragic event that took place in characters Mrs. Oh, Yeongsun, and the husband of Mrs.Oh’s lives. Bandi attempts to show the readers just how helpless and out of control the life of a North Korean really is. The audience that Bandi intends this story, and even entire book for, is those who would like to know more about the ever so reclusive North Korea. Although there is an abrupt lack of logos within Bandi’s plea, Bandi still manages to execute a wonderful account by …show more content…

Bandi seems to have mastered relating with the audience in this story, which helps put an emphasis on the appeals of pathos. Bandi uses relatable conversations and events in this story to help readers connect better with the family at hand. One example is when Bandi describes the train station and how hectic it was. “There are people dying here!” screamed Mrs. Oh, seized by the despairing conviction that she was about to breathe her last, buried in this jumble of people. Her head and back were being steadily crushed by this mass of contorted, entangled limbs, while heavy blows knocked the wind from her chest. Throbbing heat, the stink of sweat, the gooey mud under her feet... This event Bandi describes effectively pulls at the emotions of the reader by using such griminess in his writing. Bandi is strongly using pathos to his advantage to fuel his point at

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